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Lao PDR Average Unemployment Rate 1991-2025

Name: Lao PDR Unemployment Rate
Creator: World Bank
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1.86% 35 data points

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

Lao PDR's average unemployment rate from 1991 to 2025 was 1.86%, based on 35 data points.

All Data (sorted by year)▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2025	1.19%	+0.01pp	8th
2024	1.17%	−0.01pp	8th
2023	1.19%	−0.02pp	8th
2022	1.21%	−0.87pp	8th
2021	2.08%	−0.27pp	13th
2020	2.35%	−0.18pp	16th
2019	2.53%	−0.37pp	30th
2018	2.90%	−0.37pp	32nd
2017	3.27%	+0.63pp	36th
2016	2.63%	+0.63pp	25th
2015	2.01%	+0.27pp	17th
2014	1.73%	+0.26pp	15th
2013	1.47%	+0.26pp	11th
2012	1.21%	+0.25pp	10th
2011	0.96%	+0.25pp	8th
2010	0.71%	−0.13pp	4th
2009	0.84%	−0.11pp	5th
2008	0.94%	−0.12pp	7th
2007	1.07%	−0.13pp	7th
2006	1.20%	−0.15pp	9th
2005	1.35%	−0.15pp	8th
2004	1.50%	−0.14pp	9th
2003	1.64%	−0.14pp	11th
2002	1.78%	−0.11pp	10th
2001	1.88%	−0.16pp	13th
2000	2.05%	−0.11pp	15th
1999	2.15%	−0.14pp	16th
1998	2.29%	−0.06pp	20th
1997	2.35%	−0.10pp	21st
1996	2.45%	−0.15pp	24th
1995	2.60%	−0.03pp	25th
1994	2.63%	−0.10pp	27th
1993	2.73%	+0.02pp	35th
1992	2.71%	+0.21pp	40th
1991	2.50%	–	41st

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